Sri Shanmukha Pancharatna Stuti lyrics and meaning
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Verse 1
स्फुरद्विद्युद्वल्लीवलयितमगोत्सङ्गवसतिं
भवाप्पित्तप्लुष्टानमितकरुणाजीवनवशात् ।
अवन्तं भक्तानामुदयकरमम्भोधर इति
प्रमोदादावासं व्यतनुत मयूरोऽस्य सविधे ॥ 1 ॥
sphuradvidyudvallīvalayitamagōtsaṅgavasatiṃ
bhavāppittapluṣṭānamitakaruṇājīvanavaśāt ।
avantaṃ bhaktānāmudayakaramambhōdhara iti
pramōdādāvāsaṃ vyatanuta mayūrō'sya savidhē ॥ 1 ॥
I praise him who dwells in the lap of Vaḷḷī — who is herself like a shining lightning-creeper — and who, out of his boundless compassion, as their very life-force, ever saves and sustains those who are scorched by the fever of worldly existence. That radiant six-faced lord, master of the divine armies — may Subrahmanya, the very embodiment of grace, bestow his protection on us all.
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Verse 2
सुब्रह्मण्यो यो भवेज्ज्ञानशक्त्या
सिद्धं तस्मिन्देवसेनापतित्वम् ।
इत्थं शक्तिं देवसेनापतित्वं
सुब्रह्मण्यो बिभ्रदेष व्यनक्ति ॥ 2 ॥
subrahmaṇyō yō bhavējjñānaśaktyā
siddhaṃ tasmindēvasēnāpatitvam ।
itthaṃ śaktiṃ dēvasēnāpatitvaṃ
subrahmaṇyō bibhradēṣa vyanakti ॥ 2 ॥
He who becomes Subrahmaṇya through the power of divine Knowledge-Śakti (jñānaśakti) — in him alone the office of Dēvasēnapati (commander of the divine army) is perfectly established. Thus it is that this Śakti — the power called Dēvasēnapati — has its ultimate fulfilment only in Subrahmaṇya. That is the mystery of his sovereign command over the gods.
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Verse 3
पक्षोऽनिर्वचनीयो दक्षिण इति धियमशेषजनतायाः ।
जनयति बर्ही दक्षिणनिर्वचनायोग्यपक्षयुक्तोऽयम् ॥ 3 ॥
pakṣō'nirvachanīyō dakṣiṇa iti dhiyamaśēṣajanatāyāḥ ।
janayati barhī dakṣiṇanirvachanāyōgyapakṣayuktō'yam ॥ 3 ॥
The right wing of the peacock is truly indescribable (pakṣō'nirvachanīyō dakṣiṇa) — and it generates in the minds of all people the faculty of discriminating wisdom (dakṣiṇā = the right-facing, the discerning). For the peacock, by its right wing — that wing which itself transcends all verbal description — awakens in every mind the capacity to turn toward truth and distinguish the real from the unreal. This is the hidden teaching of Subrahmanya's peacock vehicle.
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Verse 4
यः पक्षमनिर्वचनं याति समवलम्ब्य दृश्यते तेन ।
ब्रह्म परात्परममलं सुब्रह्मण्याभिधं परं ज्योतिः ॥ 4 ॥
yaḥ pakṣamanirvachanaṃ yāti samavalambya dṛśyatē tēna ।
brahma parātparamamalaṃ subrahmaṇyābhidhaṃ paraṃ jyōtiḥ ॥ 4 ॥
He who, by taking support of that indescribable wing — the faculty of pure discriminating wisdom — comes to be seen as he truly is: through him the supreme Brahman, beyond the beyond, immaculate and stainless (parātparamamalam), known by the name Subrahmaṇya, is directly realized. Thus the very name Subrahmaṇya points to the supreme Brahman — and devotion to him leads to the highest knowledge.
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Verse 5
षण्मुखं हसन्मुखं सुखाम्बुराशिखेलनं
सन्मुनीन्द्रसेव्यमानपादपङ्कजं सदा ।
मन्मथादिशत्रुवर्गनाशकं कृपाम्बुधिं
मन्महे मुदा हृदि प्रपन्नकल्पभूरुहम् ॥ 5 ॥
ṣaṇmukhaṃ hasanmukhaṃ sukhāmburāśikhēlanaṃ
sanmunīndrasēvyamānapādapaṅkajaṃ sadā ।
manmathādiśatruvarganāśakaṃ kṛpāmbudhiṃ
manmahē mudā hṛdi prapannakalpabhūruham ॥ 5 ॥
May the six-faced lord with laughing, lotus-like faces (ṣaṇmukhaṃ hasanmukham), who sports in the vast ocean of bliss (sukhāmburāśikhēlanam), whose lotus feet are always worshipped by the foremost of great sages (sanmunīndrasēvyamāna pādapaṅkajam), who is the destroyer of Kāma and other inner enemies (manmathādiśatru) — may that ever-blissful Ṣaṇmukha bestow his grace and liberation upon us all.
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Verse 6
इति जगद्गुरु शृङ्गेरीपीठाधिप श्रीचन्द्रशेखरभारती श्रीपादैः विरचिता श्रीषण्मुखपञ्चरत्नस्तुतिः ।
iti jagadguru śṛṅgērīpīṭhādhipa śrīchandraśēkharabhāratī śrīpādaiḥ virachitā śrīṣaṇmukhapañcharatnastutiḥ ।
Thus ends the Śrī Ṣaṇmukha Pañcaratna Stuti composed by Jagadguru Śrī Chandraśēkharabhāratī Svāmī of the Śṛṅgēri Pīṭha.
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